Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the Steakhouse Elite 200 by having the highest total PMQ.
PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
25% of the driver's final race finish position.
25% of the owner's final race position.
35% of the Owner Points position.
Drivers Entered: 43 (5 drivers will not make the race)
Laps Scheduled: 147
Laps Actual: 148 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
Margin of Victory: 0.422 Seconds
Time of Race: 2 Hours 2 Minutes 51 Seconds
Average Speed: 98.739
Cautions: 9 for 43 laps
Lead Changes: 13
Green Flag Passes: 1,417 (13.5 passes per green flag lap)
Darlington Raceway
2nd Annual Steakhouse Elite 200
Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
Age: 34
Team : No. 7 - Good Humor Ice Cream Chevrolet
Owner: Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
Crew Chief: Jason Burdett
Justin Allgaier won the 2nd Annual Steakhouse Elite 200, his 16th victory in 348 Xfinity Series races.
This is his second victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
This is his first victory and eighth top-10 finish in 12 races at Darlington Raceway.
Josh Berry (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Darlington Raceway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2021.
Brandon Jones (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in seven races at Darlington Raceway.
Josh Berry (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Noah Gragson won the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash this week at Darlington. Justin Allgaier, Josh Berry, and Brandon Jones along with Noah Gragson qualified for the final round of the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash at Dover International Speedway next weekend.
Darlington, South Carolina -
May 8, 2021 :
Dale Earnhardt Jr. leads the pace lap in his father Dale Earnhardt's #8 Chevrolet Nova prior to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Steakhouse Elite 200 at Darlington Raceway on May 08, 2021 in Darlington, South Carolina.
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